No change in the pay of the officers of the navy having been made after the year 1799, the annual amount to which each officer in actual service was entitled during the War of 1812 was: A captain commanding a squadron of ships $1,200 A captain of a ship of 32 guns and upwards 1,200 A captain of a ship under 32 guns 900 A master commandant 720 A lieutenant commanding 600 A lieutenant 480 A surgeon 600 A sailing master, purser, and chaplain, each 480 A surgeon’s mate 360 A boatswain, gunner, sailmaker, or carpenter 240 A midshipman 228 A seaman 144 The following is a statement of the pay in the British navy during the War of 1812: In the British navy an admiral of the fleet receives £6 sterling per diem, and is entitled to twelve servants at 32_s._ per month each; an admiral receives £5 sterling per day, and is entitled to ten servants; a vice-admiral, £4 sterling per day, and seven servants; a rear-admiral or commodore with a captain under him, £3 sterling per day while his flag is flying within the limits of his station; a captain of the fleet receives £3 sterling per day, and is entitled to three servants at 32_s._ per month each. Making these various allowances, the annual amount of compensation to officers of the British navy, from the admiral of the fleet down to the commander of a sloop or bomb, is: Admiral of the fleet $15,624 Admiral 13,831 11 Vice-admiral 11,952 88 Rear-admiral or commodore with a captain under him 10,160 Captain of the fleet 5,122 67 Captain of a 1st rate, 800 to 900 men 3,272 87 Captain of a 2d rate, 650 to 700 men 2,864 Captain of a 3d rate, 600 to 650 men 2,455 11 Captain of a 4th rate, 350 to 450 men 2,045 33 Captain of a 5th rate, 280 to 300 men 1,636 44 Captain of a 6th rate, 125 to 175 men 1,432 Captain of a sloop, 100 men or less 1,227 55 All which is exclusive of indulgences and allowances not known in our service. INDEX _Abby Bradford_, merchant-ship, capture of, by the _Sumter_, iv. 412; captured by the frigate _Powhatan_, 413. _Abellino_, Yankee privateer, captures prizes in the Mediterranean, iii. 343. _Acasta_, British gun-boat, attacks the _Constitution_, iii. 260. Acquia Creek, Potomac River, capture of Confederate forts at, iv. 66, 81–83. _Active_, British brig, captured by the _Hazard_, i. 206.